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The science behind COVID-19

Everything you need to know about the pandemic, from vaccines to variants.

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Boxes of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Credit: CEPI

Pandemic speed: How rapid-response science saves lives

3 Jul 2025

5 min read

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National COVID-19 memorial wall for the five-year anniversary on March 11, 2025, in London, England. Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures via Getty Images

5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive − and research is hobbled by lack of data

26 Mar 2025

6 min read

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Women had a 1.3 times higher chance of developing long COVID than men. Daisy Daisy/ Shutterstock

Long COVID: women at greater risk compared to men – could immune system differences be the cause?

7 Feb 2025

5 min read

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A man wearing a facemask holds his chest. Credit: jcomp on Freepik

COVID-19 may accelerate dangerous hardening of the arteries

4 Feb 2025

4 min read

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A Long COVID test for kids may be possible with the discovery of a unique blood “fingerprint”

31 Jan 2025

2 min read

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Do COVID-19 tests still work if they are out of date?

20 Dec 2024

5 min read

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How you can avoid catching the latest COVID-19 variants this Christmas

12 Dec 2024

5 min read

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Can you die from long COVID? The answer is not so simple

18 Nov 2024

5 min read

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XEC: what you need to know about the new COVID variant

23 Sep 2024

4 min read

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COVID-19's brat summer: everything you need to know about the latest surge

19 Aug 2024

5 min read

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A man on a laptop at the office. Credit: (JLco) Julia Amaral

People with Long COVID three times more likely to give up work

12 Jul 2024

3 min read

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We finally know why some people got COVID while others didn’t

1 Jul 2024

4 min read

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